Collinson Hall

Lettings & Property Management in St Albans and Surrounding Villages

Welcome to Collinson Hall.
Estate Agents for St Albans
and the surrounding villages.

Collinson Hall is an experienced independent company based in St Albans with a second office in Chiswell Green. From these offices the company serves the wider mid Hertfordshire district.

In a highly competitive market Collinson Hall is well known for providing dependable advice and achieving exceptional results for its clients.

The higher profile activities of the business include residential property sales & lettings. There also is, however, a very active commercial department providing property management services, block management services and land sales/development advice to a large portfolio of clients.

As a company that relies on their reputation as a constant source of recommendation from existing clients it is crucial to consistently deliver on promises. There are a number of testimonials on this website from clients who have experienced working with the business and have been very pleased they chose Collinson Hall.

The company aspires to be the best in everything they do - without cutting corners.

I did just want to say a big thank you to you and the team at Collinson Hall for all of your help - both with buying our new home and the subsequent support - not least advising on trustworthy tradesmen for some of the many jobs and accommodating our frequent requests for keys to the house (particularly Tom who I hear from Jon was very patient on numerous occasions waiting around whilst rooms were measured!). I think it might be a while until we’re able to move in, but we’ll definitely pop in and say hello next time we’re passing.

Hi Steven, I hope you don’t mind me emailing you, but I wanted to provide some feedback to you on the quality of your staff, in particular Robert. Robert has dealt with me throughout the whole purchasing process with politeness, courtesy, helpfulness and respect. He has still got the best price for the sellers (we paid over the asking price to get the house) so has maintained his role in the process but has facilitated the purchase and made our expe­rience less stressful, been on hand to help answer queries and ensured a smooth transition from initial offer through to completion. I have enjoyed working with him and his hard work co-ordinating between the sellers and their solicitors, myself (enabling me to chase my solicitor and feedback where needed) has been clear to see. We would very much consider using Collinson Hall in the future as I believe your ability to deal with both parties well during a sale actually increases the likeli­hood of them going ahead and it being a relatively pain-free process. This approach seems far more sensible to me than the hard-nosed price-driven ap­proach adopted by many others. This feedback extends to your other staff too; we have met with several of your staff (as we’ve had sev­eral viewings at the house to meet with builders, etc.) and all have had a friendly and courteous approach, particularly Philippa. Many thanks for all the help provided in the purchase of our house.

We wanted to thank both of you for your work but also your approach to the sale of C. Avenue. We really feel it couldn’t have been handled better by any other agent and will recommend you when we get the opportuni­ty. It was interesting how important the matter of trust was. It must be really difficult to maintain the trust of both vendor and client when they have different agen­das – but you seem to be able to do this. It must be the years of experience.

As your agents, we need to know about a variety of little things to be effective in marketing and managing your property. Each piece of information will enable us to either keep you and your property legally compliant, prevent misunderstandings and wasted viewing appointments, or ensure that your tenants have all they need to properly maintain and look after your property throughout their tenancy.

The exchange means the exchange of contracts. Many years ago this meant that the buyer and sellers solicitors met and literally exchanged the contracts in identical form signed by their respective clients. Today the exchange usually just takes place over the telephone where each solicitor confirms they are in possession of a signed contract. Exchange is a significant milestone in that the transaction becomes a legally binding contract between the seller and the buyer at that point. One of the terms of the contract at exchange will be the completion date. Referred to as completion. This is the date on which the title to the property is transferred by the sellers solicitor to the buyer, the buyers solicitor transfers the agreed sale price to the seller and the buyer takes possession of the property. This is the date that the new owner of the property usually moves in. There is usually a time period between exchange and completion and this period can vary from a few seconds if exchange and completion take place on the same day or several months, even years. The norm however is usually between 2 and 6 weeks, and it is during this period that each party is able to book removals, make arrangements for the transfer of utilities and post and of course tell friends and family, or not !